Dave Ramsey, in his excellent new book, "Build a Business You Love" did an excellent job of identifying the different stages in the life of a small business, along with frustrations ("pain points") found in each stage.
In Stage 3, a growing phase, what Ramsey refers to as the "Trailblazer" phase, he identifies:
SIGNS OF BEING IN THE "TRAILBLAZER" stage:
- Working longer hours isn't working like it did before.
- Hiring more people to solve problems doesn't work anymore.
- Processes and systems are not strong enough to support the vision.
- You're striving to establish plans and processes to scale your business.
- You're working on the basics of a powerful and healthy organization to get reliable results.
- You're trying to figure out how to operationalize the company.
- You don't know how to get your leaders to think about bigger-picture problems.
- You're having trouble scaling the business.
- You feel stretched way too thin.
- The team has more work than they can handle.
While I agree that these are common signs and "pain points" in the startup phase of a business, we at O'Hara Business Strategies, LLC. can help address these issues with savvy, strategically-based, and cost and time-effective business coaching, and other services.
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